Released last year, the Oscar-nominated Sophie Scholl: The Final Days recalls the dark days of Nazi Germany in a fresh and disturbing new way — through the ordeal of an intelligent, idealistic university student (Julia Jentsch) who challenges the regime by distributing anti-Nazi leaflets in a classroom building. In February…
Last month I wrote a piece about the Civic Center Conservancy in which I implied that the group’s members were a bunch of clowns (“Civic Circus,” August 10). In the weeks since, I’ve really come to regret that metaphor and feel a little guilty. After all, clowning is an honorable…
Daniel Libeskind’s ideas for Denver’s Civic Center are off the wall (see review,) but equally bizarre — though in a positive way — is the launching of the Laboratory of Art and Ideas at Belmar (404 South Upham, 303-742-1520) with an opening on Saturday, September 16, from 2 to 9…
Emilio Lobato and Martha Daniels. The solos that open the season at William Havu Gallery combine the disparate work of two of the area’s best-known and well-regarded artists. On the walls is Emilio Lobato: Desde Siempre (Since Forever), which comprises the artist’s signature abstractions. The title refers to Lobato’s self-exploration…
The action of Hamlet all hinges on an injunction by the ghost of Hamlet’s father, who appears on a bitter cold night to tell the prince he must kill his murderous and usurping uncle. Everything that happens in Something Is Rotten is also set in motion by a ghost –…
There’s quite a bit wrong with Next Stage’s production of The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow, but what’s wildly — and exactly — right is the group’s choice of a play to open its season, as well as the casting of the protagonist. Author Rolin Jones is now a writer…
What could be more fun than monkeys trapped in plastic hamster balls? That’s the strange philosophy of Super Monkey Ball, a puzzle series that debuted in 2001. Much as with Marble Madness, the goal here is to cross the finish line without falling off a floating platform. Except that this…
I Am a Sex Addict (IFC) Caveh Zahedi has made a movie of our times — a strange mix of self-absorption, shamelessness in the pursuit of fame, and sex. Most shocking of all is that it works. Part fiction and documentary, confessional and comedy, the film traces the history of…
Ballets Russes (Zeitgeist) The Batman: The Complete Second Season (Warner Bros.) Beavis and Butt-head Do America: Special Collector’s Edition (Paramount) Bottoms Up (Sony) Disney Princess Stories, Volume 1: A Gift From the Heart (Disney) The Girls (New Yorker) Goal! The Dream Begins (Disney) Grey’s Anatomy: Season 2 Uncut (Buena Vista)…
Fort Collins is not exactly a fashion hub. No offense to the northerly nabe, but hand-knit socks paired with Tevas and, say, a sweat-stained New Belgium cap leaves something to be desired. Practical, yes. Chic? Not on your life. It comes as a surprise, then, that artist Trudie Roberts swears…
If your relatives are anything like mine, then it’s tough to find family activities that truly have something for everyone. Well, look no further than the City Park Festival of the Arts: This free fest features more than 140 artists and craftspeople for moms; two stages of music, including rock,…
The time is always right for the Osage Mercado, a barrio-based public marketplace happening this weekend just south of the light-rail stop at 10th Avenue and Osage Street. A community-driven showcase with a fair-trade spirit, the mercado features a bounty of fresh vegetables, handmade arts and crafts, local performers, and…
It’s been twenty years since the first AIDS Walk Colorado hit the streets, raising funds to help battle the spread of HIV/AIDS. Last year’s walk involved more than 7,000 participants, who helped scrape together $60,000 for the cause. The 5K walk begins and ends in Cheesman Park, and for the…
It’s no coincidence that one of the only words you can form from the letters in booze is zoo. No, really, it’s totally deliberate; people love to get liquored up around caged animals. And the Denver Zoo, 2300 Steele Street, is only too happy to provide them the opportunity. That…
“It is going to be the event of the century!” Dana Miller promises of the 2007 Krisana Park Modern Green Home Tour and Parade, which runs from 1 to 5 p.m. today. Better make that the event of the mid-century, because the houses in this charming pocket in southeast Denver’s…
Jazz has inspired many iconic photos, as anyone who owns classic Blue Note albums of the ’50s and ’60s understands. No wonder the shutterbugs at Working With Artists, a nonprofit dedicated to educating the public about photography, decided to combine the forms at this weekend’s Workshop Sample Days 2006. The…
If Superman Returns attempted to resurrect the Man of Steel as mythic hero, the season’s other Superman movie wants to disabuse us of any such childish illusions. Glamorously adult, Hollywoodland purports to part the veil on the circumstances by which George Reeves, the actor who embodied the superhero on ’50s…
When we first see Ellie (Diane Gaidry), the younger of two damaged heroines in Jacques Thelemaque’s The Dogwalker, she’s the picture of unhinged desperation. Ill-concealed by big sunglasses, her heavily battered face features a recently split lower lip, one so swollen that she can barely make herself understood when requesting…
A number of pregnant mysteries arise with the new remake of Robin Hardy’s 1973 cult-remembered genre work. Namely, what’s in this kind of malarkey for gender-combat provocateur Neil LaBute, and why was such a high-profile film tossed into theaters last Friday without letting critics see it first? The two simple…
Director Claude Chabrol’s fascination with the pathologies submerged in middle-class life takes a vivid and scary new turn in The Bridesmaid, the second film he’s adapted from a Ruth Rendell novel (following La Cérémonie). This time, an unsuspecting young man (soulful Benoit Magimel) falls into the clutches of a seductive…
44T ARTSPACE, the exhibition end of Metro Frame Works (4400 Tennyson Street, 303-433-0335), is a smart-looking miniature sales room with extensive show windows that open the place up to the street. The gallery is one of only a handful participating in this year’s Denver Art Dealers Association series highlighting talent…
Emilio Lobato and Martha Daniels. The solos that open the season at William Havu Gallery combine the disparate work of two of the area’s best-known and well-regarded artists. On the walls is Emilio Lobato: Desde Siempre (Since Forever), which comprises the artist’s signature abstractions. The title refers to Lobato’s self-exploration…
